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(28773) Work stoppages over advancement of African Americans

This chart appears on page 8 of a pamphlet entitled What Caused the Detroit Riot? An Analysis produced by the NAACP and written by Walter White and Thurgood Marshall in July 1943. The chart from the Bureau of Labor Statistics details work stoppages ...

Image - jruss - 06/18/2012 - 14:08 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26086) Riots, Rebellions, Arson, Hazelwood, West Side, 1967

Family members, with the assistance of neighbors and friends, attempt to save their possessions as their homes on Hazelwood on Detroit's West Side burn during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967 ...

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(34305) Ethnic Communities, Belgian, Our Lady Of Sorrows, 1963

Members of the Detroit Fire Department carry the crucifix out of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church after they were unable to stop a fire from destroying the building. The fire started at, and also destroyed, the Briggs Manufacturing Plant directly adj ...

Image - eclemens - 06/10/2013 - 16:49 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28645) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, Arrests, 1942

Harold Dillard, 14, is arrested by police during the riot at the Sojourner Truth Housing Project as his sister holds onto him in protest. Date:  1942-02-28 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  ...

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Merle Henrickson Papers

‹ previous 589 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP000193 Extent:  10.5 Linear Feet (5 MB, 8 SB) Date:  1935-1991 Merle Henrickson served as president of United Pub ...

Abstracts - drice - 04/04/2019 - 15:34 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(35779) Tony Spina Photographs; Civil Disturbance; 1967

A tank rolls down an unidentified street, likely Jefferson Avenue on Detroit's East Side. Detroit, Michigan. 1967-07. Date:  1967-07 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Tony Spina (Detr ...

Image - eclemens - 04/13/2022 - 14:24 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26006) Riots, Rebellions, Looting, East Side, 1967

The owner of a liquor store on the corner of Shoemaker and Harding on Detroit's East Side guards his property against looting during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-27 Physdes ...

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(26471) Riots, Rebellions, Aerial Views, 12th Street, Linwood, 1967

A bird's-eye view as the block at 12th Street and Linwood is reduced to rubble by fires during the second day of the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-24 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

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(26864) Press Conference, Girardin, Cavanagh, 1967

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh and Detroit Police Commissioner Ray Girardin share a laugh during a press conference. Date:  1967-10-04 Physdesc:  Photograph (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (Mich.), Detroit (Mich.) Police ...

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(26084) Riots, Rebellions, Arson, Linwood, Pingree, West Side, 1967

Neighbors help each other move possessions out of an apartment building near Linwood and Pingree on Detroit's West Side as fires lit by arsonists inch closer. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-23 Physdes ...

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